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Rochester Public Music brings people together through concerts, cultural programs, and music education. Our events are free and public by design.

We turn parks into concert venues, bring artists into classrooms, and share music across neighborhoods. Our work is rooted in shared experience, local connection, and the belief that music belongs to everyone.

Music with Purpose.

Rochester Public Music is a department of the City of Rochester.

Our Programs

  • FORWARD Park Concerts: Free summer concerts in Rochester parks. Local bands, local food, and space for everyone to gather.
  • Riverside Music Series: Live music. Big names. No tickets. Large-scale concerts featuring chart-topping acts and rising stars.
  • Sound School: In-school residencies where students explore rhythm, movement, and musical identity — from hip hop and taiko drumming to close-harmony singing.
  • Passport Sessions: Free outdoor concerts during Thursdays Downtown, celebrating culture and connection through sound.

Live from Med City: "Valentine Edition" - OboeBass!

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Live from Med City - Valentine Edition | Virtual Concerts
OboeBass! | Fri February 11 - 20 @ 12 Noon & 7 PM | FREE
Recorded live from the Historic Chateau Theatre

HOW TO WATCH: This virtual concert can be viewed on Rochester Civic Music's Facebook and YouTube pages.

"Live from Med City" returns for a special Valentine's week run of virtual concerts from the Minneapolis based classical duo OboeBass!

Are you and your special someone looking for ideas to celebrate Valentine's Day? How about "dinner, date, and a show" with Rochester Civic Music's special "Valentine" edition of "Live from Med City" featuring the Minneapolis based classical duo OboeBass!

Rochester Civic Music's online music show "Live from Med City" returns for a special week-long run of virtual concerts from the Minneapolis based classical duo OboeBass!, recorded live at Rochester's beautiful historic Chateau Theatre. The shows will air on Rochester Civic Music's Facebook and YouTube pages, twice daily at 12 noon and 7 PM, Friday, February 11 through Sunday, February 20. 

Life is busy, and perhaps you can't celebrate Valentine's Day on the actual day. That's why we're airing these shows twice a day, every day, for 10 days, all Valentine's week long.

Make it a romantic lunch, or an intimate dinner, we've got your Valentine's celebration covered, with daily airings at 12 noon and 7 PM.

"Like" the Rochester Civic Music Facebook Page, and/or subscribe to the Rochester Civic Music YouTube page, to receive automatic alerts when these virtual shows go live.

Happy Valentine's Day from Rochester Civic Music, your City of Rochester-Music Department!

About OboeBass!: Carrie Vecchione and Rolf Edahl of OboeBass! invite you to join their pioneering journey of creating a delightfully engaging new genre of music for oboe and bass. We think you’ll agree oboe and bass are two great sounds that complement one another and sound great together! Enjoy crossover musical influences from jazz, folk and classical traditions of Norway, Italy, Finland, and America, plus music to accompany the ethereal and whimsical visual art of Cy DeCosse. Music of Grieg, Foster, Tim Goplerud, Eric Hansen, Steve Heitzeg, Mary Ellen Childs, Adrian Mann, and Julie Johnson.

About Live from Med City: Rochester Civic Music, the City of Rochester's music department, presents "Live from Med City", the online video digest for all things arts and entertainment in Rochester, MN. The "Live from Med City" concept was conceived with the objective of spotlighting the many “live arts experiences” Rochester has to offer, featuring artists from around the block and from all over the world, and filmed in some of its finest and most unique venues.

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